Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) and Medical Review Board (MRB) Meetings: Public Meetings |
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Larry W. Minor
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
14 October 2016
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71169-71170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24927]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket Nos. FMCSA-2008-0362 and FMCSA-2006-26367]
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) and Medical
Review Board (MRB) Meetings: Public Meetings
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Announcement of advisory committee public meetings.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces a joint meeting of its Motor Carrier Safety
Advisory Committee (MCSAC) and Medical Review Board (MRB) on Monday,
October 24, 2016. Together, the MCSAC and MRB will receive an update on
the Driver Health and Wellness Initiative, a non-regulatory public-
private partnership of stakeholders to improve drivers' health, and a
preview of its Web page. The MRB will report on its revised
recommendations on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on its
evaluation of the comments from the joint Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPRM) that the Agency issued with the Federal Railroad
Administration. Additionally, the MCSAC will discuss how the
implementation of these recommendations may impact current and future
populations of drivers. On October 25, the MCSAC will meet separately
to complete its review of the Agency's regulatory guidance and the MRB
will meet to discuss how to incorporate recently issued warnings from
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on narcotics and
benzodiazepines. The meetings are open to the public for their
entirety.
DATES: The joint meeting will be held on Monday, October 24, 2016, from
9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time (E.T.). On Tuesday, October 25, the
MCSAC and MRB will meet separately. Copies of all task statements and
an agenda for the entire meeting will be made available in advance of
the meeting at http://mrb.fmcsa.dot.gov and http://mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will take place at the National Association of
Homebuilders (NAHB), 1201 Fifteenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shannon L. Watson, Senior Policy
Advisor, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 366-5221, mcsac@dot.gov.
Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For information on
facilities or services for individuals with disabilities or to request
special assistance at the meeting, contact Eran Segev at (617) 494-
3174, eran.segev@dot.gov, by Wednesday, October 19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
MCSAC
Section 4144 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU, Pub. L. 109-
59, 119 Stat. 1144, August 10, 2005) required the Secretary of
Transportation to establish the MCSAC. The Moving Ahead for Progress in
the 21st Century Act (MAP-21, Pub. L. 112-141) reauthorized the MCSAC
through September 30, 2013, at which time its statutory authority
expired, necessitating the establishment of MCSAC as a discretionary
committee under FACA. Secretary Foxx established that effective
September 30, 2013, through September 30, 2015. MCSAC provides advice
and recommendations to the FMCSA Administrator on motor carrier safety
programs and regulations, and operates in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA, 5 U.S.C. App 2).
The MCSAC began considering Task 16-1, Review of Regulatory
Guidance, at its June 2016 meeting to provide recommendations to the
Agency concerning implementation of section 5203 of the FAST Act to:
(1) Prioritize regulatory guidance that should be incorporated into the
safety regulations to promote clear, consistent, and enforceable rules;
(2) identify regulatory guidance that appears to be inconsistent with
the intent of the safety regulations or makes enforcement of key safety
requirements difficult; and (3) identify guidance that should remain in
place.
Additionally, the MCSAC and MRB began considering Joint Task 15-3,
on Driver Health and Wellness, at its joint meeting in September 2015.
The task is to provide recommendations to the Agency on the structure,
content, and methods for determining the effectiveness of a public-
private partnership to promote commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver
wellness. To reach that goal, the MCSAC and MRB chairmen appointed a
joint subcommittee that included members of both advisory committees
and stakeholders.
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MRB
Section 4116 of SAFETEA-LU requires the Secretary of
Transportation, with the advice of the MRB and the chief medical
examiner, to establish, review, and revise ``medical standards for
operators of commercial motor vehicles that will ensure that the
physical condition of operators of commercial motor vehicles is
adequate to enable them to operate the vehicles safely.'' The MRB
operates in accordance with FACA under the terms of its charter, filed
November 25, 2013.
At its meeting in August 2016, the MRB began consideration of Task
16-1, which is to provide recommendations to the Agency on the
disposition of comments from medical professionals and associations to
the Agency's and the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on safety-sensitive rail and
commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers with moderate to severe
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).
II. Meeting Participation
Oral comments from the public will be heard throughout the meeting,
at the discretion of the MCSAC and MRB chairmen. Members of the public
may submit written comments on the topics to be considered during the
meeting by Wednesday, October 19, to Federal Docket Management System
(FDMC) Docket Number FMCSA-2008-0362 for the MRB and FMCSA-2006-26367
for the MCSAC using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., E.T. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued on: October 7, 2016.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-24927 Filed 10-13-16; 8:45 am]
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